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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Jocelyn G. Caballero, clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Kidapawan, North Cotabato

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Petitioner, versus CLERK OF COURT JOCELYN G. CABALLERO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, KIDAPAWAN city, NORTH COTABATO, Respondent.

A.M. No. P-05-2064 (Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 05-7-449-RTC) | 2010-03-02

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This administrative matter stemmed from the financial audit of the Regional Trial Court of Kidapawan City, North Cotabato (RTC-Kidapawan), conducted by the Audit Team of the Court Management Office (team). The audit covered the accountability period of Clerk of Court Atty. Jocelyn G. Caballero (Caballero) from April 1983 to April 2004.

The team's preliminary cash count revealed an initial cash shortage of P19,875.20[1] which Atty. Caballero immediately reasoned to be due to the encashment of her personal checks. This prompted the team to conduct a more detailed and comprehensive financial audit on all the...